When is it "too late"?

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Maybe not- but it's important to remember her only #1 song as a solo artist was when Planets Of The Universe topped the Dance Charts. That was even this century!

Let's also not forget her more "modern" In Your Dreams debuted higher than 24k, sold more copies, and had singles that charted, too. In Your Dreams also probably earned her the best critical reviews of her career to boot. So to say that Stevie should stick to classic rock for the sake of "doing what she does best" is somewhat misguided.

Well this is easy to refute.

Metacritic
24k Gold = 73% positive ratings score
Trouble in Shangri La = 70% positive ratings score
In Your Dreams = 62%

So In Your Dreams has the lowest score of all three albums. And keep in mind, 24K Gold only has 14 reviews posted on the site by critics. They didn't even include a lot of her best ratings. However, it also received the least amount of hate from critics.

Also, it is sort of manipulative to mention Planets of the Universe. This was her first solo album after the Dance and basically Planets sounded like any other dance thumper. Whoopie. The record company promoted it, but it didn't a lot of good.

It's also manipulative to mention sales.As far as sales are concerned, Stevie promoted the hell out of In Your Dreams. The only thing that helped her sales seemed to be TV appearances. She did have real videos for a couple of singles and made appearances to radio stations to get those singles to barely chart on non-popular formats.

One reason In Your Dreams debuted higher than 24K because it did not generate excitement for the next album. Also, the record company probably learned a big lesson from In Your Dreams. Radio Stations aren't going to play new Stevie Nicks singles. Why promote them.

Oh and don't forget the In Your Dreams buzz - STEVIE'S FIRST ALBUM IN 10 YEARS.